Rupert Lowe MP: written questions
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Written questions
English Language: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16356More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of people who took an English for Speakers of Other Languages class claimed Universal Credit in the last 12 months; and what the cost to the public purse was of the provision of tho
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally and is therefore not readily available. The department does hold data on the number of people who took an English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) qualification, but this only includes learners funded ...
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero: AviationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16320More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many (a) air miles and (b) flights he has completed since 5 July 2024.
Answer: Data on minister’s overseas travel and on senior civil servant’s business expenses is published on a quarterly basis. This can be found here https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/desnz-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-meetings-april-to-june-2024
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordTreasury: AviationTreasuryTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16319More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many international (a) air miles and (b) flights have been completed by (i) her and (ii) staff in her office since 5 July 2024.
Answer: The Chancellor and her Private Office staff have completed three international trips since 5 July 2024. Further details for international flights will be published in the usual way in due course on gov.uk: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-min...
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: AviationCabinet OfficeTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16318More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many international (a) air miles and (b) flights have been completed by (i) the Prime Minister and (ii) his staff since 5 July 2024.
Answer: As was the practice under the previous Government, information about official overseas ministerial travel will be published as part of the Cabinet Office transparency returns and made available on the GOV.UK website.
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero: EnergyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16316More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what information his Department holds on the proportion of energy used by his Department, broken down by energy source.
Answer: The Department collects data on its energy use, broken down by energy source, and reports this to Defra on a quarterly basis as part of the Greening Government Commitments.
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero: FoodDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16315More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the proportion of food provided in canteens in his Department that is produced in the UK.
Answer: The Department is a customer of the Government Property Agency (GPA). GPA is the landlord or building manager at the Department’s office occupations, where the space is often shared with several other tenant organisations. The Department buys catering ser...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero: FoodDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16314More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, on what proportion of days is (a) meat and (b) dairy available in canteens in his Department.
Answer: The Department is a customer of the Government Property Agency (GPA). GPA is the landlord or building manager at the Department’s office occupations, where the space is often shared with several other tenant organisations. The Department buys catering ser...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: thebigwordCabinet OfficeTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16295More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much was paid to thebigword by all Departments in each of the last ten years.
Answer: All Government Departments are responsible for determining their own requirements for language services and ensuring these deliver good value for money for the taxpayer. Details on how much is paid to individual suppliers, including thebigword, is not hel...
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAsylum: TravelHome OfficeTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16292More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on asylum seekers visiting their country of origin whilst still resident in the UK.
Answer: Claimants whose asylum claim has not been decided are not permitted to leave the UK without permission, for example to visit their country of origin, until their claim has been concluded. If they do so, their claim may be withdrawn under the Immigration R...
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordLegal Aid: Undocumented MigrantsMinistry of JusticeTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16290More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much legal aid was provided to (a) irregular migrants and (b) asylum seekers in each of the last five years.
Answer: Expenditure data for irregular migrants and asylum seekers across all legal aid schemes is not held centrally.The Legal Aid Agency publishes information about case volumes and expenditure data for the immigration and asylum category as part of its officia...
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16287More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 26 November to Question 14345 on Undocumented Migrants, if she will make it her policy to publish data on the number of asylum seekers for whom her Department does not have a
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the Answer I gave on 27 November to his Question UIN 15076.
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: Crimes of ViolenceHome OfficeTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16286More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2024 to Question 11414 on Undocumented Migrants: Crimes of Violence, if she will make it her policy to publish data on (a) recorded incidents of assault against he
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave on 27 November to question UIN 15076.
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPupils: Undocumented MigrantsDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16280More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers have formally raised concern about the age of irregular migrant students in each of the last five years.
Answer: Concerns of this nature would be raised with the individual local authority children’s services team which has responsibility for the unaccompanied asylum-seeking child, therefore the department does not hold data on this.
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDefence EquipmentMinistry of DefenceTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16275More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of equipment purchased by his Department and in use by his Department was manufactured (a) in and (b) outside the UK.
Answer: For the Financial Year 2023-24, the Ministry of Defence's (MOD) total global expenditure with industry and commerce, including Foreign Military Sales and direct payments to Foreign Governments, was £34.6 billion of which £5.5 billion (16%) related to work...
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: Age AssuranceHome OfficeTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16274More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department takes to help determine the ages of irregular migrants.
Answer: Where an individual claims to be a child without any documentary evidence, and where there is reason to doubt their claimed age, immigration officers are required to make an initial age decision to determine whether the individual should be treated as a c...
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisons: Crimes of ViolenceMinistry of JusticeTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16108More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many assaults against prison staff foreign national offenders committed in each of the last ten years.
Answer: The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. This information is unavailable.
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordOffenders: Undocumented MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16107More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Border Security and Asylum in response to the question from the hon. Member for Great Yarmouth during Oral Questions to the Home Office on 2
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the statistics published on Thursday 28 November by the Home Office which can be found on the Migration statistics gov.uk page.Data on Foreign national offenders in UK prisons is available in the House of Lords Library and...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: Great YarmouthHome OfficeTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16104More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many irregular migrants were arrested in Great Yarmouth constituency in each of the last five years.
Answer: This data is not held centrally, and could only be at disproportionate cost.
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordReoffenders: Foreign NationalsMinistry of JusticeTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16095More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 13567 on Reoffenders: Foreign Nationals, how many reoffences were committed by foreign national offenders expressed as (a) one to five offences, (b) six to n
Answer: Data on the number of adult foreign national reoffenders who have committed 1-5 reoffences, 6-9 reoffences and 10+ reoffences can be found in the attached table.We refer all foreign national offenders in receipt of custodial sentences to the Home Office. ...
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: Foreign NationalsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16094More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing benefits from foreign national offenders.
Answer: In order to receive taxpayer-funded benefits such as Universal Credit or Personal Independence Payments, an individual must either be a British or Irish citizen or hold a valid UK immigration status that allows them to access such benefits. If DWP is made...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCourts: FinesMinistry of JusticeTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16093More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of payments of court fines on foreign national offenders were made by benefit payment deductions (a) in Great Yarmouth constituency and (b) nationally in the most recent year for figures are avail
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally.
Answered 6 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCourts: FinesMinistry of JusticeTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16092More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much in outstanding court fines for foreign national offenders was written off (a) in Great Yarmouth constituency and (b) nationally in the most recent year for which figures are available.
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally.
Answered 6 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCourts: FinesMinistry of JusticeTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15900More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much is outstanding for court fines on foreign national offenders (a) in Great Yarmouth constituency and (b) nationally.
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally.
Answered 6 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCourts: Translation ServicesMinistry of JusticeTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15898More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the number of court cases that collapsed due to the lack of an available interpreter in (a) Great Yarmouth Magistrates Court and (b) England and Wales in the last 12 months.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice does not collate information regarding “collapsed trials” due to the lack of interpreter availability, but the Department does routinely publish data concerning ineffective trials including where the reason is “no interpreter avail...
Answered 6 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCourts: Great YarmouthMinistry of JusticeTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15892More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in what proportion of Great Yarmouth Magistrates' Court cases has the defendant required a translator in each of the last 10 years.
Answer: The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Answered 6 Dec 2024
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